eng Oriental Scientific Publishing Company Biosciences Biotechnology Research Asia 0973-1245 2016-05-06 7 1 359 360 9611 article Geetanjali Kamble 1 Alka Mishra 2 Rajendra Shah 3 Surekha Kalkar 2 Pulses Research Unit, Dr. Panjabro Deshmukh Krishi Vidyapeeth, Akola - 444104 (India). P.G Department of Botany, Government Institute of Science, Nagpur - 440 001 (India). Department of Microbiology, J.M.Patel College, Bhandara - 441 904 (India). The methanolic extract of the pollen of Curcurbita pepo was tested for its antibacterial activity against Staphylococcus aureus. Ptoteus vulgaris, Bacillus cereus and Escherichia coli. Results showed that of these four human pathogens. Proteus vulgaris and Escherichia coli exhibited significant sensitivity against the pollen extract whereas the remaining species showed resistance. https://www.biotech-asia.org/vol7no1/study-of-antibacterial-activity-of-cucurbita-pepo-pollen-extract/ Cucurbita pepo; Abntibacterial activity; Pollen extract.